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Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation
LONDON (AP) — Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses that try to profit from them, British regulators said Friday following an investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority said that Google has...
Prince Harry claims court victories. But is he winning the larger war with the British media?
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry 's mission to tame the British media has produced results in court but the jury is still out on whether it will have a broader impact or be just another chapter — or headline — in the long history of tabloids behaving badly. Harry received an...
Hurricane-force winds anticipated in Ireland and UK as Storm Éowyn spirals in from Atlantic
LONDON (AP) — Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are braced for one of the most intense storms in decades, with forecasters warning of extremely rare hurricane-force winds and a danger to life. The national forecasters for Ireland and the U.K. both issued the most serious...
Why were warning signs missed for the UK teen who killed 3 girls in a stabbing rampage?
LONDON (AP) — Six months after a teenage attacker stabbed three girls to death at a children’s dance class in England, new details about his background have sparked questions about how authorities repeatedly failed to spot the threat he posed. Officials revealed this week that...
UK police make arrest after 5 people are injured in knife attack in south London
LONDON (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after five people were stabbed on Thursday morning in south London, emergency services said. The Metropolitan Police said a man in his 50s, two men in their 30s and two men in their 20s were taken to...
UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers
LONDON (AP) — Google's Android and Apple's iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain's competition watchdog, which announced investigations Thursday targeting the two tech giants' mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses. The Competition and...
Murdoch's UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry claimed a “monumental” victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life for years, and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit. News Group Newspapers...
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their names, forgotten for more than a century, have been revived and are now written in the...
Prince Harry's lawsuit against The Sun is part of a long saga of alleged tabloid misbehavior
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s lawsuit against The Sun ended dramatically on Wednesday with an apology from the newspaper's publisher for “serious intrusion” and unlawful activities over a 15-year period. The settlement, which includes a “substantial” damages payment to...
Starmer says the killings of 3 girls must bring ‘fundamental change’ in how Britain protects people
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens and a reckoning with new threats from violent individuals whose mix of motivations test the...
